Joliet Central High School - Steelmen Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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T J Young Men to Assume Farm Management Roles Vocational agriculture encompasses the wide complex of extracting from the soil benefits to man- kind and extending the science of animal husband- ry. Carried on are continuous studies of soils, their proper use, practices of conservationg crop rotation, crop yield and expansion, crop quality improvement, and the intricate science of produce marketing. In the study of animals, students leam procedures with animal breeding and tending, the use of domesticated animals, the utilization of stock as producers, raising stock for market, and the economics of stock raising and marketing. Count- less allied facets of farming are logically and practically integrated into the curriculum to help a student prepare for comprehensive farm man- agement. In so doing, students develop competent, aggressive rural and agriculture leadership. The course helps to strengthen the confidence of farm boys and young men in themselves and their work. They learn to create more interest in the intelligent choice of farming occupations. They take pride in the knowledge that they are training for an oc- cupation with a bright future. lack Taylor is shown below using QW' x a power saw which he just put- ,ffi - chased to cut down dead elm '-1 fx trees on his fami1y's farm. He was V T the recipient ot the Sectional - Farm Mechanics Award. 'T 1vl-rrv- - Culinary skill is shown at the left by Mike O'Connor, Dan Plese and Jack Taylor as they prepare pancakes and sausages for 200 farmers at an annual clinic held in the IT agriculture building. lack Taylor tabovel shares star billing with an air compressor which he constructed entirely him- self. The compressor is used for inflating tires, spraying paint. and air cleaning intricate recesses in machinery. Iack's plans include continued preparation for a ca- reer in agriculture. , meme KL. 4 4 1 J'- n ,UH As part of the all-day soil, seed and fertilizer clinic, soil test- ing is in full swing. Here Max Kuster, VOCATIONAL AGRI- CULTURE instructor, examines solution used to make the test for available nitrogen. Charles Gura, Veryl Lichtenwalter. Ed Hollister, and Brent Lingle examine new crop seed varieties exhibited at the annual soil. seed and fertilizer clinic. 55

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W 1' X- 3 Vocational Agriculture Training Prepar ABOVE: Everett Hauert and Veryl Lichtenwalter view their herd boar with the im- 2 'A .,. . wi ' . 2 ln' R, 51,1 , KX .' ,, 1, , . , '. gm X t V? ex +1 Lili, 1 if , Mgt , x , .4 A .f 1 Q -'aaa . i , .,, , it ,y 1-1 . 1. i ?n f' an 1 tx if - - 1 . r ny J., of-fx ,uw I, -r . ten, tn if ' D , r. 1- '.+ -l f: i V hi l . tl 1 1' M, 'nntp ,QW in W -4 ABOVE, Iack Taylor is shown feeding a tasty morsel to one of the steers on his family's farm. AT LEFT is shown an excellent litter of three-week-old Landrace pigs owned by Everett Hauert. Special care must be given them with the aid of a heat lamp and iarrowing stall which , from lying on the little ones. pressive title ot Duke Mars. First in his class at the Il- linois State Fair this past year, he has sired some out- standing pigs tor Everett and Veryl. His sire is the top Landrace boar in the United A fs. I States. X AT RIGHT, Everett Hauert proudly displays one of his six sows that have tar- rowed during February, with an average of nine pigs per litter. Everett, a senior this year, plans to farrow 20 to 25 litters while attending Ioliet Iunior College. I i .-4..,,, we X1 A I X' keeps the mother AT LEFT, Veryl Lichten- walter holds one of his baby pigs. He farrowed 55 pigs from his herd of seven reg- istered Landrace sows this year. In addition to this project, Veryl farmed five acres of corn, five acres of beans. and two acres of oats this year. 0 I w '24 Q' 9 4 X my - .. 1 This purebred Angus steer, one of two owned by Veryl Lichtenwalter. was This Holstein call, one of Everett Hauert's dairy projects for the Future Farmers bought in October 1961 and will be ready lor market in August 1962. This is of America, was born in September 1961. She will begin producing milk in the seventh steer Veryl has fed out while in high school. Icmuary 1964. 54

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Physical Senses and Mechanical Devices Combine In the photo lab, everyone gets into the act. This charm- ing young Iady and her pho- tographer are R o bin Mc- Caughn and George Gibson. Touching up pictures, at left. is an absorbing business in Mr. Leatsler's PHOTOGRAPHY class. Mr. Denison's IOURNALISM students are taught that the tive W's, as listed on the blackboard, are essential in reporting a story. 56 X . 4 ', -S61 'i I 4- ,elim-i 4 ' ?t', fl.. . V15 ,1 5' i 1 Q . 4 4 Iack Evans utlhzes the servlces of Barb B a 1 d e g o as a model in PHOTOGRAPHY. '-'l M - - . 2-gf